Combined clothes receptacle and extractor for laundering machines



Jan. 21, 1947. c. H. HAYS, JR

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Original Filed Dec. 4, 1939 3140M CHARLES H HAYS JR.

AUNDERING MACHINES 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 c. H. HAYS, JR

ES RECEPTACLE AND EXTRACTOR FOR L Original Filed D 28 so H 3 QMW v CHARLES. H H Y5 JR Patented'Ja'n. '21, 1947 COMBINED TRACTOR FOR LAUNDERIN 2,414,645 CLOTHES RECEPTACLE m Ex.

MACHINES Charles H. Hays ln, Northeast, Pa... assignor to Jamestown Metal Equipment Company,

a corporation of New York Jamestown, N. Y.,

Original application Decemberv 4,

Divided and this application-June 8,

1943, Serial No. 490,059

3 Claims. (ci. 210-76) This invention relates toan improvement in material containing receptacles of laundering machines and is a division of my Patent No. 2,361,767, granted October 31, 1944.

The invention is particularly directed to, and has for its objects, the provision of a receptacle usable, in desired successive manner, for washing, rinsing, and drying operaggps. When used in a washing operation, the receptacle is held stationary by reason of being mounted on a suitable support. A number of openings in the base of the receptacle are port, and the receptacle is adapted, during this operation, to contain a cleaning liquid, as well as material to be cleaned. Use in a rinsing operation necessitates emptying the receptacle, this being accomplished by raising it from the support, uncovering the openings in the base thereof, and allowing the fluid to flow from the receptacle through the openings. when used in a drying operation, is centrally mounted and provided with means for its rotation at relatively high speed. In this connection, the receptacle must be of such proportions as to be capable, during rotation, of retaining the materials therein and, at the same time, of providing means, in the form of liquid carrying passages, for conveying the liquid extracted from fluid sealed by the sup- The receptacle,

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invention, includes a casing II, in the lower portion l2 of which is located a drive mechanism by .which the various laundering operations are caused to be performed. The upper portion of the machine is formed by a substantially circular splash ring l3 closed by a bottom member i4. Centrally of the member .it is a flanged opening it of prescribed diameter. An outlet i1, near the rim of the member it, provides a drainage connection. Projecting upwardly through the opening it is a cylindrical sleeve-like member l8. Slightly above the flanged opening Hi, the member i8 is fitted with a receptacle support' I 9; This support may, as shown in the drawings and for convenience of manufacture, take the form of a saucer. On the inner rim H of this support may be located a suitable gasket 22.

the material out of the receptacle, such liquid carrying passages being in addition to the openings in the'base of the receptacle. To eliminate undue vibration from uneven distribution of the material during th drying or extracting operation, the receptacle is weighted at, or adjacent,

' its base, such weight being below the drive mounting of the receptacle.

Additional objects and advantages of the invention will be more fully understood from a conly' designate a laundering machine in which oneform oi th invention is embodied. The machine, for purposes of disclosure of the present .a series of openings Openings. 23 in the base ofthe support are arranged in a circle of a diameter approximately that of gasket 22, and is greater than that of the flanged opening it. The frame member l8 projects well up into the circular compartment formed by the splash ring i3 and bottom member I4, and encloses concentric drive members in the form of an agitator drive shaft 24 and a receptacle drive sleeve 26.

Through a structure set forth in the aforementioned patent, the sleeve 26 serves, under certain conditions, ,as a support for a material receptacle 21. This receptacle includes a base 28, centrally of which is an upwardly extending column 29. In the top of this column is a finished spherical surface 3| that serves as a seat for a correspondingly shaped element located on theupper end of the receptacle drive sleeve 26. The base 28 may, as shown in the wardly toward the column 29, and at a low point 32 are provided. The under face of the base'is formedwith a circular area that is contoured to seat on the gasket 22 carried by the support l9, the openings 32 being through this area and being thus closed at their lower endsby said gasket when the receptacle is positioned on the support. i

The base 28 is provided with a uniformly distributed weight 30 located preferably at, or adjacent, its circumferential edge, which serves to provide a stabilizing eflect when the receptacle is rapidly rotated and with an unevenly distributed load. The receptacle walls .33 are shown as separately formed from the base 28, being secured thereto by'suitable screws 34. To provide a liquid tight joint between the walls and base, said base may be grooved to receive packing 36, substantially as shown. The walls 33 extend updrawings, be inclined downturned flange 31 provides a ceptacle may be utilized in top 01' the receptacle and, being cut away'at their upper ends near the flange 31-, provide a multiplicity of openings 42. The purpose of the the materialdrying operatic There is no tendarmy for the material being dried to move upwardly'oi' the side walls 33, since they are substantially vertical, as'shown. or may even be inclined slightly inwardly, and in addition the insurface for holding any of the material in the receptacle shouldcircumstances oi operation cause such material to work upwardly of the walls 33.

It is evident from the foregoing that the rea washing operation when seatedon the support l9, and will retain the washing liquid and the material to be washed during such operation. Furthermore, the receptacle, being weighted at its with a drive suspension not only above the base in the annexed claims. Having thus set forth my invention what I claim as new and for which I desire protection by Letters Patent is: i

the diameter of the opening upwardly from the center of said base, saidcolbase and provided 1. In a laundering machine, a rotatable. weptacle comprising a circular base having smooth surfaced side walls extending substantially perpendicular to said base and erminating-in an inturned rim, a plurality oi' outwardly ofl'set flutes formed in said side walls and extending radially outwardly of said receptacle, said flutes extenda point below said rim, column projecting umn being adapted to receive member for said receptacle.

2. In a laundering and engage a drive "comprising a circular base, smooth surfaced sub.-

side walls Joined to said base,-

stantially vertical an inturned rim formed integral with the top of.

said side wall and defining a restricted opening CHARLES H. HAYS, Jl. 

